VIOLET MENGO, Lusaka
IN RURAL Zambia, many people face the challenge of access to clean and safe drinking water. (more…)
Dear editor,
APPARENTLY some people are fond of trekking from rural areas to urban areas in search of greener pastures. This, however, gives rise to rural urban drift. (more…)
Dear editor,
IT IS good that the dialogue is taking place. It should not be an issue that some individuals invited to attend are not there. (more…)
RURAL areas of Zambia are the grain baskets. Surprisingly, mealie meal is very expensive in areas such as Chisamba, Kaoma, Lundazi, Mazabuka, Monze and Mumbwa, among the rural areas which produce maize in abundance. (more…)
KALONDE NYATI, Lusaka
EFFORTS to increase rural access to electricity have been escalated further following the launch of the US$26.5 million electricity services access project (ESAP) from the World Bank, which will target over 100,000 households. (more…)
Analysis: EMELDA MUSONDA
THE story of a 14-year-old girl of Choma who walked about 40 kilometres in the night to go and get married to her 23-year-old lover made very sad reading. (more…)
KALONDE NYATI, Lusaka OVER 300,000 households in various rural parts of the country are now able to access electricity under the beyond grid fund for Zambia (BGFZ). The BGFZ, which…
Analysis: LOUIS MWAPE
IN 2009, Macha, an expansive area in Southern Province with 115 villages, became the first chiefdom in Zambia to be declared and verified as an Open Defecation Free (ODF) Zone. (more…)